City · Shkodër
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
- From
- Koman, Albania
- To
- Fierzë, Albania
- Typical crossing
- About 2.5 hours through the Drin gorge
- Operators
- Small passenger and vehicle ferries run by local operators
In plain language
A small ferry sails along a narrow lake between very steep cliffs. It exists so that people in the mountains can travel, but visitors take it for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
Simple explanation
A small ferry sails along a narrow lake between very steep cliffs. It exists so that people in the mountains can travel, but visitors take it for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
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Town · Kukës
Bajram Curri
The road head for the Valbona valley, named after a guerrilla leader of the 1920s.
Village · Kukës
Valbonë
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
Lake · Shkodër
Lake Koman
A 34 km reservoir in a gorge so narrow the ferry crossing is treated as a scenic journey in its own right.
Related subjects
River · Shkodër
The Shala River
A tributary of the Drin above Koman, reached by boat and often called Albania's Thailand.
Energy site · Shkodër
Koman Hydropower Plant
The middle station of the Drin cascade, and the dam that created Lake Koman.
Guide
Northern Albania
The Alps, the Koman ferry and the Shkodër lake country: the part of Albania least like the coast.
Guide
The Theth–Valbona Trek
Albania's best-known walk: roughly 17 km over a 1,795 m pass, six to eight hours, June to October.
River · Shkodër
The Drin
Albania's longest river and the backbone of its electricity system, dammed three times in the north.
Sources
- Wikimedia Commons.
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